Assume that U. S. investors purchased $40 billion in foreign financial assets, and foreigners purchased $100 billion in U. S. assets such as stocks and Treasury bills. In addition, U. S. businesses invested $160 billion in foreign factories and operations, while foreign companies invested $90 billion in U. S. factories and operations. What was the net capital outflow for the United States?

Which of the following is not a consideration when determining your asset allocation

Robert black, regional manager for ford in texas and oklahoma, faced a dilemma. the ford f-150 pickup truck was the best-selling pickup ever, yet ford's headquarters in detroit had decided to introduce a completely redesigned f-150. how could mr. black sell both trucks at the same time? he still had "old" f-150s in stock. in his advertising, mr. black referred to the new f-150s as follows: "not a better f-150. just the only truck good enough to be the next f-150." this statement represents ford's of the new f-150.

Suppose a holiday inn hotel has annual fixed costs applicable to its rooms of $1.2 million for its 300-room hotel, average daily room rents of $50, and average variable costs of $10 for each room rented. it operates 365 days per year. the amount of operating income on rooms, assuming an occupancy* rate of 80% for the year, that will be generated for the entire year is *occupancy = % of rooms rented